The federal government has denied media reports that the
militant group, Boko Haram, is demanding $50 million from it as ransom before
releasing the abducted Chibok school girls. n an interview with the Voice of
America (VOA), the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said
ransom reports were not new.
He said: “It appears
we have several versions of this report.
“The one that we heard was from a source that Boko Haram wants to release 10 of
these girls for one million Euros. But the most important thing is that we’ve gone through
this route before, and until and when we establish the credibility of this
source and the truth behind it, the government will not be in a hurry to make a
statement.
“However, government is using its own channels to authenticate the credibility
of this source”.
Mohammed promised that President Muhammadu Buhari would
deliver on his promise to do all he could to ensure the release of the school
girls.
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